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This 4 page paper discusses some of the changes that resulted from the French Revolution; its successes and failures; what evolved from it; and why it occurred in the first place. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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successes and failures; what evolved from it; and why it occurred in the first place. Well start at the end. Causes of the Revolution The causes of the French
Revolution, as with any event of this magnitude, are extremely complex, but if we have to bring it down to one single reason, then it must be "the rigid social
structure of French society" (Kreis, 2004). For centuries, French society had been divided into three "estates" or "orders": the First Estate was the clergy, which owned "10-15% of
all the land in France" which they held tax free (Kreis, 2004). The Second Estate was the nobility, and they were very privileged indeed (Kreis, 2004). They paid
no taxes whatever; and in addition collected rent "from the peasants who lived on their lands" (Kreis, 2004). They were also entitled to collect many other dues, including "labor
dues ... as well as dues on salt, cloth, bread, wine and the use mills, granaries, presses and ovens" (Kreis, 2004). They were wealthy and elite. These two
estates together totaled approximately 500,000 individuals (Kreis, 2004). The Third Estate was comprised of everyone else, and totaled approximately 25 million; 21 millions peasants and 4 million middle-class people (Kreis,
2004). These four million were called the bourgeoisie, and although as a class they were wealthy, individually most of them were not well off, and those that were didnt
have the one thing they craved: status (Kreis, 2004). Status and money arent the same thing, of course, and it was status and position the bourgeoisie wanted (Kreis,
2004). "By 1789 the bourgeoisie controlled 20% of all the land. They were upwardly mobile, but they felt frustrated and blocked by the aristocracy ... whose only interest
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